Waggoner Library Research Guide to Historical Resources


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Fall and Spring     Summer  
Monday- Thursday                 8 a.m.- 10p.m.              Monday and Friday             10 a.m.- 6 p.m.   
Friday 8 a.m.- 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m.- 8 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Wednesday 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Sunday 2 p.m.- 5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.
    Sunday Closed


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Library web address: http://library.trevecca.edu
Library telephone numbers: (615) 248-1214- Circulation Desk     (615) 248-1570 – Reference Desk
(615) 248-1205- Instructional Resources Center and Archives   (615) 248-1471- Fax Number

Locating book resources and the online catalog
  •  The online catalog or PAC allows you to search by author, title, subject, and keyword.   
  • History books are shelved in the “D” for History area, second floor of the library.  
  • ATHENA (accessed from the library web site) allows you to search several other middle Tennessee libraries’ holdings with one search question.  A courier service allows a patron to retrieve a book from ATHENA within 5-7 working days.  Requests can be made online from the TNU library web site  
  • ebooks integrate over 56,000 full text ebooks into the library holdings.  NetLibrary and ebrary can also be searched directly.  Login accounts must be created on campus or through Citrix in order to check out netLibrary books.
Locating Reference & Stack books

Photocopies can be made of needed text. Some titles have duplicates in the stacks; it will be noted on the PAC record as a copy.


Primary Source Materials 
  
The Great Books of the Western World        - AC 1 .G72
Loeb Classical Library           Greek Authors- PA 3612 
                                           Latin Authors -  PA 6156 

Encyclopedias 
  
Annals of America   Ref E 173 .A793  
The Cambridge Ancient History Ref D 57.C252 V. 1-13 
The Cambridge Medieval History Ref D 117 .C3 V. 1-9  
The Cambridge Modern History   Ref D 208 .C16 V. 1-13 
Dictionary of American History Ref E 174 .D52 V. 108  
Dictionary of Historic Documents    Ref D 9 .K63  
 

Statistical Works 
  
European Historical Statistics 1750-1970 Ref HA 110 .M5  
Historical Statistics of the U.S.: Colonial times to present Ref HA 202.H57  
Timetables of History   Ref D 11 .G78

Biographical 
  
American National Biography  Ref CT 213 .A68  
Dictionary of National Biography   Ref DA 28 .D47 V.1-22
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography   Ref CT 103 .M27  


Obtaining materials using Waggoner’s Interlibrary Loan Services     

         All transactions for ILL are handled through the Interlibrary Loan Services Librarian. Complete an online form on the library Web site following the ILL link on the menu.  Allow 7-10 days for the requested book to arrive and 7 days for article reprints.  Items are sent to the Library for pickup.

Books:  Books generally have a three to four week checkout period.  Turnaround time for book requests is about 7 working days. There are generally no fees for this service; however, late fine charges for ILL books are $.50 per day.

Journal Article Reprints: If a journal is unavailable at TNU a reprint of it can be ordered using the online form off the web site.  There is no cost. Allow 7 days for delivery of the article.


Locating professional journal articles

    Online account information is provided exclusively for Trevecca Nazarene University. Our licensure agreements permit use of databases only by Trevecca faculty and students.  Please help us maintain the integrity of our licensure agreements by not sharing access with family, coworkers, and friends.
If you know the journal title: 

From the library homepage, enter the name of the journal in the search box near the top.  Change the tag to read “Journal Title” then enter.  If your journal is full text in one of our databases the result will include a link to the database where you can access the full text.  If there were no hits you can complete online an ILL form requesting a journal article reprint. Allow 7 days for receipt of the reprint.  http://library.trevecca.edu

If you are searching by subject: 

Electronic Resources Link: You can choose by topic or name of database.  Accessing databases off campus access requires you to provide your name and the 11 digit ID number from your student ID.  Click on ‘Electronic Resources’, select the database you’d like to search and complete the login form. http://www.trevecca.edu/library/screens/eresources
Historical Research Database Descriptions

African American History Online full text access to thousands of cross-referenced entries (primary sources,    images,  video, maps, timelines and articles) on African-American history, sponsored by Facts on File.
 

African American Studies Center full text for over 7500 articles from Oxford's authoritative reference program - with primary source documents, images, maps, charts and tables

ProQuest Direct  Full Text articles. Interdisciplinary databases but has these modules relating to history: 

    Humanities Module
    Law Module
    Military Module
    All Collection modules can be searched to be more inclusive.

Southern Life 1980 - present - full-text articles on topics that relate directly to Southern living, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more

Tennessee Electronic Library a collection of Full Text InfoTrac Gale databases. 

Expanded Academic 1980 - present
Academic OneFile  1980 - present
Military and Intelligence Database 1980 - present

 

Primary Sources

Primary sources include original works of an author--novels, poems, short stories, autobiographies, diaries, and firsthand reports of observations or research. Many books and journal articles are considered primary sources. In addition, primary sources materials may be found  in the following:

University Archives
  • Papers, ranging from vitae and resumes to research notes, news clippings, publications and photographs, of individual faculty and staff.
  • Articles documenting the activities and views of various student groups taken from campus newspaper The Trevechoes and magazine The Treveccan
  • Reports, publications, and other media produced by faculty, students, and University departments responsible for developing and disseminating campus and external communication.
Internet Resources

Original Source Material

American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library   
Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy 
EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents
Gallica: Digital Library of the National Library of France    
U.S. Historical Documents Archives       
Southern Oral History Program
Southern Historical Collection, UNC
Words and Deeds in Am History
Library of Congress
Making of America: 19th c. books and magazines    
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
A-Z world Constitutions   
Using Primary Sources on the Web    

Historical Associations
Statistical
Fun



Waggoner Library Contact Information

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Circulation Desk - 615.248.1212
Archives - 615.248.1548
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